Blog Vs News

There are a lot of similarities between ireport.com and cnn.com, however, the differences are what make them distinct, because CNN.com presents what is supposed to be relatively objective news that is helpful to anyone across the country, and the blogs on ireport are more of a subjective viewpoint, and this can be seen with the blogger including pictures of an obama/biden bumper sticker, or perhaps a mccain/palin one, depending on the viewpoint of the blogger, and the blogs also take on much more of a personal tone, which is not necessarily a bad thing, as long as the readers understand the distinction between the two and don't take ireport.com as a news source.

CNN.com for example, is talking about the effects that the currently hotly debated 700 billion dollar government bailout plan will have on the US and global economy whether it is successful or not, whereas the bloggers are writing more out of emotion, and are writing a much more opinionated kind of article, about the possible reprecussions of this bailout, in terms of the average man, and while both can be helpful, it is important to remember that the people at CNN.com are professionals, wheras the blogger on ireport could just as easily be the classmate sitting next to you.